Oral Answers to Questions — Overseas Development – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 15 Rhagfyr 1964.
Mr Simon Digby
, West Dorset
12:00,
15 Rhagfyr 1964
asked the Minister of Overseas Development what plans she has for providing alternative employment for European officials who will shortly be redundant in Zambia.
Mr Albert Oram
, East Ham South
Such officers are welcome to register with the Overseas Services Resettlement Bureau, which can help them to obtain employment in Britain, and those who wish may be considered by my Ministry for further employment overseas.
Mr Simon Digby
, West Dorset
Is the Minister aware that since this Question was put down there have been Press reports that a well-known civil servant has been dismissed, that this will increase the feeling of uncertainty and that the Answer which he has just given will not allay it very much?
Mr Albert Oram
, East Ham South
I do not think that the general facilities are affected by the unfortunate case to which the hon. Gentleman refers.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
